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• Ger Bertens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Hendrik Bart Geist, Almelo († 2011)
• Klaas Weijdema, Steenwijk († 2020)
• Cornelis Sebastiaan van Domselaar, Driebergen († 2005)
• Johannes H.M. (Jan) BEX, Wijnandsrade (NL/LI) († 1990)
• Arnold Devriendt, Heule († 1965)
• Daniel C. Schooley († 1998)
• Linda Ann Whispell ****, Kingston, Ulster, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Johannes Jacobus Poots, Schiedam († 2003)
• Maria Isabella Elisabeth Vootz, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)

• Bernhard Jäckering (21), Göppingen
• Adele Hortense Marotel (75), Salatiga
• Carolus Jozef ROES (42), Gendringen (NL)
• Annigje van Maanen (81), Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Belle Boneschans (62), Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa, United States
• Boelem Laarman (76), Groningen
• Caroline Schumacher (57), Papendrecht
• Bertha Cornelia de Bresser (64), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Voeten (76), Rucphen
• Albertus van Egdom (79), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1943 » Ian MacRae, New Zealand rugby player
• 1943 » Max Clifford, English journalist and publicist († 2017)
• 1943 » Roger Cook, New Zealand-English journalist and academic
• 1944 » Felicity Palmer, English operatic soprano
• 1945 » Peter Hill, English journalist
• 1945 » Rodney Bickerstaffe, English trade union leader († 2017)
• 1946 » Paul Beresford, New Zealand-English dentist and politician
• 1947 » André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » John Ratzenberger, American actor and director
• 1947 » Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist

• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacobus
9. Robert
10. Peter
11. Jacob
12. Petrus
13. Adrianus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Helena
15. Yvonne
16. Aaltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
• April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
• May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
• May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
• September 2 » The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
• September 6 » United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
• November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

The temperature on April 6, 1946 was between 3.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.